jpdb beta

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

4

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

3

light blue; pale blue

2

to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

to shake one's head

2

name; given name; first name

4

to get wet

3

fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating

1

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

1

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

8

pomade; balm; perfumed oil

1

sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant

1

to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

1

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

to leap back; to jump back

2

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

4

mouth of a (sword) sheath

1

gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday

2

faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little

1

to shed light; to cast light

2

ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere

1

shaking; swaying

2

reflexive; reflecting

1

wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai

1

dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia

2

spark

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

stroke of sword

1

to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

1

gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

4

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

1

high-pitched; shrill

2

to take a step backward; to retreat a step

1

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

2

legs and loins

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

2

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

3

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)

1

like this; this sort; this way

7

sweeping sideways; mowing down

4

pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend

1

locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

2

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

2

brute force approach (esp. in a video game)

1

to possess; to haunt

3